A Chinese court sentenced ousted senior politician Bo Xilai to life in jail on Sunday after finding him guilty on all counts following his dramatic five-day trial last month on charges of corruption, taking bribes and abuse of power.

Fallen Chinese politician Bo Xilai appeared in public for the first time in more than a year on Thursday to face trial in eastern China, the final chapter of the country's most politically charged case in more than three decades.

Ambitious Communist Party chief Bo Xilai has been sacked from his post in a dramatic move exposing tensions in China's preparations for a generational transfer of power.
The official Xinhua news agency on Thu

Oil and gas major BP has said it is on track to achieving a 50 per cent Omanisation rate by at its newly established operations in the Sultanate by the end of 2008.
The announcement comes on the eve of the inauguration of BP’s new Muscat